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Jobs & commute in Sciota

Sciota has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Sciota has 1 jobs, against 20 working residents. Hardly any work in Sciota itself; outside it, Macomb draws the most (35%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Sciota

On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

20live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night32
Workday13
32live here− 20head out to work+ 1come in to work= 13on a workday

About 13 people are in Sciota on a workday afternoon, 59% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Sciota to work: where people go

SciotaGood Hope: 1 residents work here (5%)Industry: 1 residents work here (5%)Colchester: 1 residents work here (5%)Charleston: 1 residents work here (5%)Macomb: 7 residents work here (35%)Morton: 1 residents work here (5%)Galesburg: 1 residents work here (5%)Pekin: 1 residents work here (5%)Springfield: 1 residents work here (5%)La Crosse: 1 residents work here (5%)La Harpe TownshipMacombGood HopeIndustryColchesterCharlestonMortonSciota
1
Macomb7.2 mi away
35%7
2
Good Hope3.8 mi away
5%1
3
Industry17.8 mi away
5%1
4
Colchester9.7 mi away
5%1
5
Charleston155 mi away
5%1
6
Morton67.3 mi away
5%1
7
Galesburg33.1 mi away
5%1
8
Pekin59 mi away
5%1
9
Springfield79 mi away
5%1
10
La Crosse, WI226.7 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
20%4
The top trips

Where Sciota clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

100% of the jobs in Sciota pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in SciotaJobs Sciota residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%25%
Trade, transport & utilities100%10%
Services: health, schools, offices0%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%25%
Over $3,333 a month100%60%

Who does it

29 or younger0%15%
30 to 54100%60%
55 and older0%25%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sciota’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Sciota: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
188 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sciota25 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Sciota workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Sciota gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 38 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Half of Sciota commutes less than 10 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMacomb: 35% · 7.2 miGood Hope: 5% · 3.8 miIndustry: 5% · 17.8 miColchester: 5% · 9.7 miCharleston: 5% · 155 miMorton: 5% · 67.3 miGalesburg: 5% · 33.1 miPekin: 5% · 59 miSpringfield: 5% · 79 miLa Crosse: 5% · 226.7 miMacomb 35%Good Hope 5%Industry 5%Colchester 5%Sciota
SciotaTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi9 residents
15%10–24 mi3 residents
10%25–50 mi2 residents
30%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sciota: questions

What is the median household income in Sciota?

$122,639 (±$105,407) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sciota?

1.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sciota?

25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sciota work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macomb (35%, 7 mi), Good Hope (5%, 4 mi), Industry (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Sciota without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Sciota, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Sciota

Sciota home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.